This is Question #3 in Carol M. Swain’s Countercultural Living: The Teachings of Jesus on Life, Marriage, Race, Gender, and Materialism.
In Scandal of the Kingdom: How the Parables of Jesus Revolutionize Life with God, the late Dallas Willard’s teachings on the parables of Jesus have been gathered together to serve the church today. New Testament theologian John Whittaker offers his review of Willard’s book, including a summary and its chief insights.